I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God’s hands, that I still possess.
MARTIN LUTHER
MARTIN LUTHER
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Martin Luther99 quotes“I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God’s hands, that I still possess.”
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Martin LutherMartin Luther A Christian is never in a state of completion but always in a process of becoming.
Martin LutherMartin Luther This grace of God is a very great, strong, mighty and active thing. It does not lie asleep in the soul. Grace hears, leads, drives, draws, changes, works all in man, and lets itself be distinctly felt and experienced. It is hidden, but its works are evident.
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Martin LutherMartin Luther He [Christ] died for me. He made His righteousness mine and made my sin His own; and if He made my sin His own, then I do not have it, and I am free.
Martin LutherMartin Luther The whole being of any Christian is faith and love. Faith brings the person to God, love brings the person to people.
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Martin LutherMartin Luther I simply taught, preached, wrote God’s Word: otherwise I did nothing. The Word of God did it all.
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